# can 2 Dopers use the same computer? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 28, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-2-dopers-use-the-same-computer/178053 "2003-05-28T16:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-2-dopers-use-the-same-computer/178053/1 "2003-05-28T16:48:04Z")
2 different people in my house want to access the boards, both using the same computer. How can the new person register , with her newly chosen screen name? I clicked on “register”, and was greeted with a message that the board already knows who I am. How do I sign up a NEW user.? And will the cookies go crazy? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-2-dopers-use-the-same-computer/178053/2 "2003-05-28T16:55:40Z")
You gotta logout when you’re done with your session. This will allow multiple users to access the boards through a single machine. The logout button is on the bottom right of the page: > **[Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-2-dopers-use-the-same-computer/178053/3 "2003-05-28T22:09:45Z")
While you’re at it, if you have Netscape, it’s a good idea to set up different profiles for different users. Go to the Netscape group on your start menu, and there should be a program called “user profile manager”. Run that, and it’ll walk you through the process of creating a new profile. In addition to maintaining separate logins on this (and other) boards, it’ll also allow each user to have different settings for e-mail, bookmarks, history, etc. I suspect that IE has a similar feature, but I don’t know how to use it.